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SALLY BLYTH (RTHK): IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT DURING YOUR MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS LAST NIGHT, YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN A
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MEETING BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE UNHCR IN LONDON ABOUT THE UNHCR MORE TOWARDS THE COST OF THE UPKEEP OF THE CLOSED CAMPS IN HONG CAN YOU GIVE US MORE DETAILS ABOUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND HAR BEEN ANY INDICATION FROM THE UNHCR THAT THEY WILL IN FACT PAY MORE?
KONG. THERE ACREE ΤΟ
LORD GLENARTHUR: YES, THERE WAS A MEETING, THE MEETING WAS A WORKING LEVEL MEETING IN LONDON AND I WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEEN SAID IN DETAIL WHEN I GET HOME TOMORROW. THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS GOING ON, BOTH HERE WITH ME VISITING. HAVE BEEN PUT TO ME, POINTS HAVE BEEN
POINTS DISCUSSED IN LONDON AND IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO TRY AND PUT THE TWO TOGETHER. AS FOR WHETHER TAKE IT ANY FURTHER FROM THERE VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON WHAT WAS SAID. I'M AFRAID I'LL HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS IT FULLY WITH THE ON MY SIDE IN LONDON.
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SALLY BLYTH: HAVE YOU MET ANYBODY FROM THE UNHCR HERE?
LORD GLENARTHUR WELL, I'VE MET MR KARIM YES, BECAUSE ROUND BOTH CAMPS WITH ME.
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SALLY BLYTH: AND WAS THAT SUBJECT RAISED THEN ABOUT THE UNHCR PAYING MORE?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, WE DISCUSSED IT IN VERY GENERAL TERMS OF COURSE, IT WAS BY NO MEANS A DISCUSSION, IT WAS CONVERSATION.
BUT,
SALLY BLYTH: DO YOU AGREE THE UNHCR SHOULD PAY MORE?
LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, YES I DO THINK THE UNHCR SHOULD PAY MORE TO HELP HONG KONG WITH THE REFUGEE PROBLEM, BUT THE PRECISE AMOUNT AND
AND THE FINE PRINT, SO ΤΟ SPRAX, WILL
HONESTLY OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED AND I
THINK THAT I SHOULD TRY TO PRE-EMPT ANY OF THAT DISCUSSION.
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